Just 2/250: Ruchi Soya, ITC fastest homegrowns - DNA
April 11, 2013
Only two home-grown Indian companies - Ruchi Soya & ITC - have made it to the top 250 consumer companies in the world, says a survey by Deloitte titled 'Global Powers of the Consumer Products Industry 2013'.
While Ruchi Soya has been ranked at 121, ITC stands at 150. For Ruchi Soya that manufactures edible oil and soybean products, it's an improvement of 54 positions, Last year, the company stood at 175. On the other hand, cigarette and consumer goods maker, ITC has slipped by seven position in this year's ranking.
If we look at the list of 50 fastest growing company in the world, Ruchi Soya has been ranked at 13, followed by ITC at 39.
While Ruchi Soya has recorded a 66% growth in sales in 2011-12, ITC's net sales jumped 17.5% in the same period.
This is based on a survey by Deloitte on the data available till June 2012. For a company to make it to the list of top 250 consumer product companies, it has to have a minimum sale of Rs16,600 crore and has to register at least a 7% growth in sales on a yearly basis.
The report points out that as sales in the other established markets are taking a beating, companies from the emerging markets have started taking the lead in the fastest growing company in the world and going forward, this trend is likely to continue.
Dinesh Shahra, managing director of Ruchi Soya, said, "Improved branded sales, better sales realisation of oilseed extraction, effective control on the costs and favourable business sentiment helped us to get better performance in the past one year. We are making our efforts to have good performance on a sustained basis in the times to come."
An ITC spokesperson said: "ITC's aspiration to be the No. 1 in the FMCG sector in its new consumer goods businesses is supported by its relentless effort to build world-class brands that create, capture and retain value in India. These brands have earned significant consumer franchise and in addition, we are looking at enhancing the competitiveness of the entire value chain."
